EVENTS OF 1891. 



soldiers murdered by natives. Scotland : Mr. Balfour 

 I Chancellor <>f Kdinburgh I ni\erMt\. 

 A :i.-liiiiL't"ii : Tin' Piv-idciit ami Mr*. Harrison 



gixc a I'l -ci-pl'ion In tin- Women'.- Mi.--ionnry SocictN . 



November 1. l!o.-ton: Failure oi' tin Ma\<-rii 



tii.iiul ISank, liabilities about *N' , Africa: 



Kiicountcr lictwe.-n F.riii.-h and Poitumie.-e iroops 

 \i-rul kill. -d. Ku-Ma: The 

 prohihitin;.' c\|K>rt of grain goes into etl'cet. 



. opening of the Southern States 



ion. IJnccv illc. Ten 1 1. : -_'oo more convict.- r-ct 

 riotous miner- B6C < let. 80). 

 .tionsin Colorado, Iowa. Massachusetts, Mary- 

 land, Miehiu'an. Mi i ippi, Nebraska, New .)ei.-i\, 

 i <i|-k, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and 

 Virginia i for details, see articles under the individual 

 States). 



rk : Presbytery dismisses the ohaHN of 



:iLfui list Prof. Briirirs. Case appealed to (Icll- 



i ral Assembly. Vermont: <;<>\. Page announce.- t he 

 appointment of the Hon. Kedticld Proctor as United 

 State- Senator, //( Edmunds, resigned. <'liina: Ive- 

 vi'lt in the province of Fukian. Ireland: 1'olitical 

 ma. meeting at Waterfofd, 150 hurt. 



5. Tin- Secretary of War resigns to become Senator 

 from Vermont, l v itteburg l)i.-triet, I'a. : Miners Mop 

 work to compel recognition of the Miners' Union, 

 igcles: The Itutu case submitted to the United 

 States Court, Columbus, -Ohio: Meeting of the 

 (ieiieral Church Extension Committee (Methodist). 

 Washington, D. C. : Annual assembly International 

 Christian Workers. 



;. Pitts-burg, Pa. : 800 iron workers strike against 

 increase of hours without additional pav. 



7. Corry, Pa. : National Bonk fails, liaVilities, $740,- 

 000. Ireland : The McCarthyitcs carry the Cork elec- 

 tion by l,.">l:i plurality. 



-. ( : hi.-aL!o : Demonstration in honor of the Anarch- 

 ists executed tour years ago. 



:'. Washington: Opening of the Sayward case in 



the Supreme Court. 



In. Washington: It is announced in the Supreme 

 Court that arbitration has been agreed upon between 

 the I nited States andGreatBritain in the Say ward case. 



11. Chili: The Provisional Government formally 

 surrenders its powers to Congress. Cleveland, Ohio : 

 Methodist Missionary Society meets at Cleveland. 

 Boston : Convention of the Women's Christian Tem- 

 perance I'nion. New Orleans: Seventeenth annual 

 meeting of the American Bankers' Association. 

 Springfield, Ohio : Convention of the National Gran- 

 Association. Washington : Reception by the 



President of delegates to the Fraternal Congress. 



12. Bonlentow n, X. J. : Dedication of a monument 

 to commemorate the first railway train run in New 

 .Jersey. Washington: The President receives the, 

 commander-in-chief and officers of the Grand Army 

 of the Republic. 



\'->. The President proclaims Nov. 20th as Thanks- 

 gi \ing Day. Bnr/.il: Revolt in the province of Rio 

 Grande do Sul. Russia: Arrest of 60 conspirators 

 for favoring a representative government. 



14. The President officially receives Scnor Pedro 

 Montt, minister from Chili. Stronghurst, 111. : Dis- 

 covery of natural gas. 



15. France : ' leneral strike of miners in the northern 

 provinces. 



1*5. Indianapolis: General meeting of farmers' organ- 

 i/.ations. New York: Dr. Briggs's case appealed to 

 the (ieneral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. 



17. Washington: Meetingof the Episcopal ianCon- 



!' ranee; Riots among the striking miners. 

 Germany : Meeting of the Reichstag. 



18. Denver: The Mininir COIH_T<-S begins its ses- 

 sions, 10,000 delegates present. Indianapolis: Mcetiiiir 

 of the Farmers' Alliance; no money for expenses in 

 the treasury; decrea>ed membership reported. To- 

 ledo : Qeneral assembly of the Kniirhts of Labor ad- 

 journs. Washington: Session of the Episcopal 

 Church Congrtta. Brazil: Signs of revolt in some of 

 the provinces. 



20. Augusta, Ga.: Meeting of tin- Southern Manu- 

 facturer-' As-ociation. i Inra^o: Meeting of the Riiil- 

 road Conductors' A.--oeiation. RUKM'IU: The (intern 

 incut will h nd the Central Famine Committee titt\ 

 million nmbU-s ($:;-.IMIO.(HMI,. 



Jl. Vale <let'cat.- Harvard in the annual football 

 nniti-h at Springfield, MUM*. New Vork : Formal 

 complaint made against the decision of the I'r-iby- 

 tery in the Brigir* <-a.-c. Indiana : A lxut 400 miners 

 are now on strike-. 



j:;. France: The striking miners arc becoming 

 riotous. 



:M. The Rf|iublicati National Convention i.- called 

 for .June 7, ly^, at Minneajx)ji.H. 



J.">. Brax.il : An extra session of Congress sum- 

 nii.ncd to meet Dec. 18. Paris: Meeting !' the Inter- 

 national Immigration Conference. 



^u. Thanksgiving Day: In the great annual foot- 

 ball match ut New York Yule defeats Princeton(19 

 to 0), and holds the championship. England : Tin- 

 law officers have decided that tne Newfoundland 

 bait act is unconstitutional. 



28. Augusta, Ga. : Close of the exposition. Foot- 

 bull between representative teams from West Point 

 and Annapolis; West Point wins (82 to 16). 



29 (Sunday). New York : A lunatic attempts to 

 shoot Dr. John Hall in front of his church. The 

 Cherokee Council agrees with the United States com- 

 missioners to sell the Cherokee strip for $8,700,000. 

 China : Imperial troops defeated by rebels. 



80. St. Louis : Roman Catholics celebrate Arch- 

 bishop Kenrick's fiftieth episcopal anniversary. Bra- 

 zil : The province of Rio Grande do Sul refuses to 

 recognize the Government at Rio de Janeiro. France : 

 The strike of coal miners ends with compromise. 



December 1. Conclusion of a commercial treaty be- 

 twceii Germany and Belgium. 



2. Navy: Launch of United States steam cruiser 

 New York (8,150 tons) from Cramp's shin-yard, on 

 the Delaware river. Virginia : Meeting of the State 

 Legislature. Arizona: Adoption of a new Constitu- 

 tion by a general vote. 



".. ( 'hina : The rebels are said to have been de- 

 feated in two considerable engagements by the im- 

 perial troops. 



4. New York : A lunatic enters Russell Sage's of- 

 fice, demands $1,250,000, and, being refused, sets off 

 high explosives carried in a haudoag. The lunatic 

 and u bystander are killed ; many hurt and the 

 building wrecked. Paris : Death ol Dom Pedro, ex- 

 Kmperor of Brazil. 



5. Washington: Secretary Proctor leaves the War 

 Department. Navy: Launch of United States steam 

 cruiser Montgomery (2,000 tons) at the Columbian 

 Iron Works' ship-yard, Baltimore. 



7. Washington : The Hon. Charles F. Crisp, of 

 Georgia (Democrat), nominated for Speaker of the 

 House on the thirtieth ballot in caucus. 



8. Navy : Launch of United States steam gunboat 

 Machiasfrom the Bath Iron Works, Maine. Switzer- 

 land: Dr. Welti resigns the presidency of the republic. 



9. Canada levies duties on fish from Newfoundland, 

 and retaliatory duties are at onee"levied on Cana- 

 dian goods. 1 ranee demands reparation from Brazil 

 for 12 Frenchmen killed in Rio by Fonseca's agents. 



10. Brazil : A revolt reported in Campos against 

 the Peixoto Government. 



11. England: Lord Dufferin appointed minister to 

 France, rir, 1. \tton. decea.-ed. China: It is an- 

 nounced that the late insurrection is put down. 



18. Bridge of the Norfolk and Western Railway 

 near Cincinnati opened for trailic. Waterford city, 

 Ireland : Fierce fight of political factions ; Michael 

 Davitt hurt. 



14-19. Birmingham, Ala. : Eleventh annual con- 

 vention of the American Federation of Labor. 



14. Brazil : Revolutionary outbrvak in the province 

 of SSo Puulo. 



15. Washington: Reciprocity arrangements with 

 Jamaica completed. Ireland : 'Election fight at En- 

 nis ; John Dillon hurt. 



